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§§ 207-8] Declension of Nouns 97

be divided into -an, -jan, and -wan stems, but in Gothic as in the other Germanic languages all three classes were declined alike.

§ 207. a. Masculines.

SING. PLUR. ^fNom. hana, cock hanans
Ace. hanan hanans
Gen. hanins hananē
Dat. hanin hanam

The prim. Germanic forms of hana were: Sing. nom.

*xanēn or -on (cp. Gr. ποιμ.ήΐ', shepherd; ήγεμών, leader], ace. *xananun (cp. Gr. ηγεμόνα), gen. *\anenaz or *xaniniz (cp. Gr. ποιμέΐΌ?), dat. (originally loc.) *xanini (cp. Gr. ποιμ,ε'η); PI. nom. *xananiz (cp. Gr. ήγεμόΊ-εϊ), ace. *xana-nunz older 'xannunz (cp. Gr. ηγεμόνα?, KuVas = Indg.

*kun-ns (§§ 53-4), dogs), gen. *xannðn (cp. Goth, aáhsn-ē, OE. oxn-a, of oxen, Gr. KUC-OJ.», of dogs), dat. *xanunmiz. The Gothic cases of the sing, and the nom. pi. are regularly developed from the corresponding prim. Germanic forms. The ace. pi. hanans is the nom. used for the accusative. *χαηηοη would have become *hannō; hananē had the second -an- from the nom. pi., and the -ē is of the same unknown origin as in dagē (§ 179). The dat. pi. was formed direct from han- + am, the ending of the a-stems.

§ 208. Like hana are declined a great number of weak masculines; as aha, mind; ahma, spirit; atta, father; brunna, well, spring; blōma, flower; fana, bit of cloth; galga, cross, galloivs; gajuka, companion; garda, fold; gataúra, tear, rent; guma,nian; hiuhma, crowd; hliuma, hearing; liuta, hypocrite; hikarnastaþa, candlestick; ma-gula, little boy; malma, sand; mēna, moon; nōta, stern of a ship; nuta, fisherman; skula, debtor; smakka, fig; snaga, garment; swaíhra, father-in-law; staua, judge; weiha, priest.

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		§§ 207-8] Declension of Nouns 97 be divided into -an, -jan, and -wan stems, but in Gothic as in the other Germanic languages all three classes were declined alike. § 207. a. Masculines. SING. PLUR. ^fNom. hana, cock hanans Ace. hanan hanans Gen. hanins hananē Dat. hanin hanam The prim. Germanic forms of hana were: Sing. nom. xanēn or -on (cp. Gr. ποιμ.ήΐ', shepherd;* ήγεμών, leader], ace. xananun (cp. Gr. ηγεμόνα), gen. \anenaz or xaniniz (cp. Gr. ποιμέΐΌ?), dat. (originally loc.) xanini (cp. Gr. ποιμ,ε'η); PI. nom. xananiz (cp. Gr. ήγεμόΊ-εϊ), ace. xana-nunz older 'xannunz (cp. Gr. ηγεμόνα?, KuVas = Indg. kun-ns (§§ 53-4), dogs),* gen. xannðn (cp. Goth, aáhsn-ē, OE. oxn-a, of oxen,* Gr. KUC-OJ.», of dogs), dat. xanunmiz. The Gothic cases of the sing, and the nom. pi. are regularly developed from the corresponding prim. Germanic forms. The ace. pi. hanans is the nom. used for the accusative. χαηηοη would have become hannō; hananē had the second -an- from the nom. pi., and the -ē is of the same unknown origin as in dagē (§ 179). The dat. pi. was formed direct from han- + am, the ending of the a-stems. § 208. Like hana are declined a great number of weak masculines; as aha, mind;* ahma, spirit; atta, father; brunna, well, spring; blōma, flower; fana, bit of cloth; galga, cross, galloivs; gajuka, companion; garda, fold; gataúra, tear, rent; guma,nian; hiuhma, crowd; hliuma, hearing; liuta, hypocrite; hikarnastaþa, candlestick; ma-gula, little boy; malma, sand; mēna, moon; nōta, stern of a ship; nuta, fisherman; skula, debtor; smakka, fig; snaga, garment; swaíhra, father-in-law; staua, judge; weiha, priest. US? Η